Meditation research: The state of the art in correctional settings

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 646-661

  Himelstein, Samuel ^a,b  

^a Institute of Transpersonal Psychology   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative treatment; correctional; incarcerated; jail; meditation; mindfulness; prison

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS;

ANOMIE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 79956367274     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X10364485     Document Type: Article

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